Head of Talent

**Date**:1 Nov 2024

**Location**: Support Services (Parramatta), AU

**Company**:YMCA NSW

We are seeking a dynamic and innovative Head of Talent to lead our talent acquisition strategy at Y NSW. This role is pivotal in enhancing our recruitment processes and practices, ensuring we attract, select, and retain top-tier talent that aligns with our strategic objectives.

**This newly created role will focus on**:
**Strategic Development**
- Work with leaders to create a talent acquisition strategy aligned with organisational goals.
- Focus on key talent needs, succession planning, and career pathways.
- Innovation in Recruitment:

- Lead innovation in recruitment practices and technology ensuring a streamlined and inclusive approach.
- Champion Y NSW’s Employer Value Proposition.

**Systems Management**:

- Improve recruitment systems and tools for efficiency.
- Use data to guide strategies and measure success.
- Manage recruitment systems, coordinating with relevant stakeholders for updates.
- Train recruiters and hiring managers on effective system use to ensure data integrity.

**Team Leadership**:

- Lead and mentor the recruitment team, fostering professional growth and a high-performing culture aligned with Y NSW values.

**Stakeholder Engagement**:

- Deliver recruitment services that improve retention and meet operational needs.
- Partner with leaders to develop targeted recruitment strategies.
- Provide insights on workforce planning and talent development.

**Metrics and Reporting**:

- Develop and track key metrics for recruitment efforts, providing regular updates to senior management.

**Your Experience and qualifications**
- Proven track record in implementing recruitment technologies and systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or relevant experience.

**To be successful in the role you will have**:

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a data-informed approach to decision-making.
- Strong commercial and financial skills, including data and technology proficiency, market and customer insights, sales, product and brand knowledge, financial analysis, budgeting, cost management, and reporting.
- Excellent communication and relationship-building skills at all levels.
- Demonstrated skills in technology enablement and innovative approaches.
- Understanding of risk obligations within a regulated environment.
- Team management skills with the ability to coach and mentor.
- Skilled in applicant tracking and talent marketplace systems within the enterprise ecosystem.

**Support Services**

Our Support Services Team is the glue that holds the Y NSW business lines together. Whether you have expertise in administration, marketing, IT, compliance, communications, HR or finance, in the Support Services Team, your contribution will truly make a difference to the lives of young people and their communities. As part of the Support Services Team, you’ll be working with a group of inclusive, passionate, and encouraging individuals with access to continuous development and growth opportunities. Here at the Y NSW, we embrace diversity, encourage innovation and sharing of ideas so you can truly own your role and take your career anywhere. If you want to use your corporate skills to make a difference to the lives of young people and their communities within a supportive and values-driven organisation, join the Y family and find your forever role.

**Who What Y?**

The Y NSW is a profit-for-purpose organisation focused on healthy living, social impact and empowering young people. We operate 24 recreation centres, 53 out-of-school-hours care services, and two camping locations which employ 1,500 staff across NSW - and fund our diverse range of enriching community programs.

We believe in building a diverse, inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage people of all genders, ages, religions, disability, sexual orientation, family and caring responsibilities and cultures, including people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage, to apply.

**Commitment to Safeguarding